Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1883/1885 Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Accession Number: F1906.54a-b Medium: watercolour Support: beige paper, laid down on card Size: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16" (126 x 176 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: none
Although this could be a coastal scene near St Ives in Cornwall, south-west England, it does not have any distinguishing features and could easily be another site on the coast of Holland, France, or England.